Chapter 585 (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
That’s right. Lady Zhao’s smile was simply detestable. She totally denied forcefully obtaining the iconic character card “Zhang Guorong” through all forms of money spamming and striking up favors from her many acquaintances. Rather, she believed that she had merely been lucky in a gacha draw. This had been an absolutely a Godly draw. When she needed a card that was related to acting skill the most, she had entered a self-help acting book by chance.
All her shady deals notwithstanding, Zhao Youyue had been most resourceful and capable indeed. Perhaps the “Two Dimensional Gate” that simply loved toying with Lady Zhao did not see this coming. She had been able to transform a self-help book into a bestseller. Moreover, she had walked away from it with “Zhang Guorong,” a character with maxed out acting skills.
Zhao Youyue had been most cunning. She had picked a legendary actress who had a solid filmography and fanbase. Zeng Qinqin’s book may be a bestseller, but the true icon had been Zhang Guorong. This character had earned her the iconic character card!
If only looked at Zeng Qinqin’s book alone, getting a highly popular card would already be nothing short of a miracle…
Now that Zhao Youyue had earned “Zhang Guorong’s” character card, she could now be confident of her acting ability. The reason Zhang Guorong was called the “The Queen with A Thousand Faces.” She was probably one of the pioneers of method-acting. She often lost herself in her roles, pulling off performances that epitomized perfection.
Of course, method-acting entailed significant risks. Several actors and actresses have ended up so deep in their roles that they would fail to re-emerge. This often resulted in depression.
Zhao Youyue was once again exempt from this side effect. She only had to switch off the character card. What risks are you talking about?
Moreover, she could probably use the “Zhang Guorong card” and act as other obtained iconic female characters, rather than use their individual cards. She knew these iconic characters intimately. She could easily method-act as them.
Zhao Youyue had made her decision. If she ever were to step into acting, she would only act as her wives. She was only there to defend their image from being sullied. This was just like her VA roles.
After all, too many original works have been ruined by any manner of adaptation, these days. “Disastrous camerawork, poor animation” was not limited to the lamentations of original authors; it was a widespread phenomenon.
Great authors might have the power to control the circumstances of their adaptations. Regular authors would never even be allowed into the studio. Receiving some copyright fees would already be considered a pleasant surprise…
It was early December. Lady Zhao was already on her way to being a seasoned University Student. Her “Food Research Club” had grown rather popular in the campus.
Lady Zhao had never been able to obtain any “light-emitting cuisine” genre that she had been longing for. But she was capricious as she was rich. Hiring a famous chef to cook for the members the entire day was not out of the question. The extra portions could be sold in the campus, not to earn money, but to show that her Food Research Club was indeed putting an effort into researching food. It was not some sort of “afternoon tea after school” gimmick.